FIRAS approved passive fire installer
FIRAS is the UKAS-accredited installer certification scheme for passive fire protection, operated by Warringtonfire. Gemini AMPM holds FIRAS certificate PE0792 (original issue June 2020, current issue valid to 18 June 2030) across four scopes: penetration sealing (from 2020), fire door maintenance (from 2020), timber doors (from 2023) and composite doors (from 2025). Check the current validity yourself on the FIRAS database at firas-database.co.uk.
- Fire stopping: sealing penetrations in compartment walls and floors with tested, certificated systems
- Fire doors: supply, install, inspect and maintain to BS 8214 / BS EN 1634
- Compartmentation: walls, floors and ceiling voids assembled per the building's fire strategy
- Cavity barriers: vertical and horizontal barriers in voids and cavities per BS 5839-1 + Approved Document B
- Photographic records and certified-as-fitted documentation for every penetration: the audit-trail the Building Safety Act now demands
Why this matters
on a real job.
Post-Grenfell, post-Hackitt and post-Building Safety Act 2022, the golden thread of evidence for passive fire works is now a legal duty for higher-risk buildings. FIRAS-certificated installation gives the responsible person an audit-ready trail (the right product, fitted by an assessed installer, with photographic evidence) at handover and through the building's life. That documentation is what the Building Safety Regulator and insurers actually want to see.